Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd match minute, U21 Romania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Frântu to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Marius Niculescu managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when U21 Romania's Bogdan Udrişte fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marius Niculescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Călin Cotoi in the 7th minute of play. Marius Niculescu made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Bogdan Udrişte sent off a good shot on target. Manuel Boeru kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Manuel Pantiș left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC BRADUL -MM- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Bogdan Udrişte received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marius Niculescu came out and tried to block the shot, but Bogdan Udrişte slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 37th minute. 42 minutes into the match, U21 Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Pantiș came free, but Gigel Zăvoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luca Frântu made in the 45th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Călin Cotoi. FC BRADUL -MM- made a substitution. Ionel Pârvulescu replaced Eusebiu Fânaru. FC BRADUL -MM-'s Iustinian Fecioru was substituted for Adam Ciocoiu. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Gigel Zăvoiu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Pantiș in the 59th minute of play. In the 60th minute FC BRADUL -MM- were awarded a corner. Iustinian Fecioru went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Edu Ramos heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 68th minute Daddy Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marius Niculescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gigel Zăvoiu made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Manuel Pantiș sent off a good shot on target. Bogdan Udrişte blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marius Niculescu having to make a save. 74 minutes into the match, U21 Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Pantiș came free, but Gigel Zăvoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Udrişte in the 80th minute of play forced FC BRADUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Marius Niculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The U21 Romania fans' excitement grew in the 81st match minute when U21 Romania's Daddy Gol looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Manuel Pantiș had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Călin Cotoi in the 88th minute of play forced FC BRADUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Marius Niculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Udrişte in the 92nd minute of play forced FC BRADUL -MM-'s goalkeeper Marius Niculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The U21 Romania fans cheered their team off the field, for while FC BRADUL -MM- had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.